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    Quote Originally Posted by DaveW View Post
    I only give, but don't lend. There are two people I will loan tools to, and one is my dad (but I have to be careful because things come back rusty) and a single friend who got me into woodworking. He doesn't like to *borrow* tools, though.

    Anything else I'd ever lend out came back worse (or in the case of something like a shop vac, full of someone else's dirt).

    Lending things is like giving food to a dog, too. If you do it, you create a precedent and the borrowers decide you're a better option than buying (just like a dog decides they'd rather have your food than theirs).

    Not lending only pisses off my wife, because her friends are the ones who ask.

    I never lend anything soap, strop or brush related when it comes to shaving stuff. They can all hold hep B and I don't love that.
    :-) sounds like me. You don't lend and you get yelled at do lend and your lucky to see it again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scareface View Post
    Don't live close enough to loan him anything!
    I have three sons who I lent many things to that either came back broken or not at all. I solved it when I moved across country but now I miss them
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    o guess you can't have your tools and use them too
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    I rarely loan tools for all the reasons stated previously. I also cant stand asking to borrow them. But I just cant own EVERY tool, so sometimes I have no choice.

    But when I DO, more often than not, it goes back in better shape than I received it. Lawn mower returned with full tank of gas, Chainsaw returned cleaned and lubed, with all fluids refilled and with a spare chain etc.

    I figure you GOTTA be good to anybody who is brave enough to let you borrow from them!
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